Petit mal : allegories of youth, wrongness and right
Pierre, D. B. C.2013
Books, Manuscripts
Drawing on memoir and a life lived in pursuit of sensation, but always ignited by the flame of fiction, 'Petit Mal' take us further into the imagination of one of the most radically original prose stylists of the past decade. Accompanied by dozens of illustrations and photographic 'evidence', the stories here inhabit worlds defined by appetite, excess and transcendence. Whether through food, drink, sex, drugs, or a fantastic cocktail of all four, the impulse in this book is towards epiphany. And the inevitable hangover that follows. But even that (or those) in the world of D.B.C. Pierre can be nourishing.
Main title:
Petit mal : allegories of youth, wrongness and right / DBC Pierre.
Author:
Pierre, D. B. C., author
Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2013.London : Faber and Faber, 2013.
Collation:
201 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 16 cm
ISBN:
9780571298389 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
1179376